Chris Heminway, Exec-Chair at Time To ACT, explains why now is the right time for the Group to IPO. Watch the video here.
This slipped under the radar...what does this mean for CAB? Anything?
https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=7040856
An independent party campaigning against the closure of hospitals has come first in the county council elections in Norrbotten in the far north of the country, ending an age of Social Democrat dominance.
In the regional elections to the county councils, the Social Democrats lost many of their seats, and will have to relinquish power in several assemblies to the centre-right alliance.
In the far north of the country, many voters turned to the independent Health Care Party instead. There, the Social Democrats have been running the county council for the last 84 years.
The Health Care Party has been around since 1994 and has been second biggest for a long time. But in this election, they made the step to become the biggest, getting 35 percent of the votes compared to the Social Democrats, on 30 percent.
"It took some time for people to realise that the Social Democrat leading party was not going to change anything. They were going to continue centralising everything. I think people were fed up with that," Kenneth Backgård, leader of the Health Care Party, told Radio Sweden.
Sweden's 20 county councils, the landsting, are in charge of public health care and transport.
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency site following the Kallak case:
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=sv&sp=nmt4&u=https://www.naturvardsverket.se/Stod-i-miljoarbetet/Rattsinformation/Rattsfall/Gruvor/Kallak--folj-arendet---/&xid=25657,15700021,15700043,15700124,15700149,15700186,15700190,15700201,15700214&usg=ALkJrhi345Mr9EsCYNn9-ADQBPTnvkZNvw
If you want to download the links you'll have to go to the Swedish site:
https://www.naturvardsverket.se/Stod-i-miljoarbetet/Rattsinformation/Rattsfall/Gruvor/Kallak--folj-arendet---/
The documents I have looked at so far are in English, which is handy!
Actually down 2% in Sweden at the moment. Too much uncertainty for any real action I think...
"Jonas Thulin, head of asset management at Erik Penser Bank in Stockholm, described the outcome as “the most uncertain result we have had in modern times” and said a second election could become a “possible scenario” that investors need to consider."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-09/sweden-election-too-close-to-call-as-exit-polls-show-dead-heat
"Polling stations have now closed and votes are being counted. We are expecting a partial tally of the vote from Sweden’s Election Authority between 9pm and 10pm UK time. Final results should follow a couple of hours later."
The worst case scenario I think now has to be further delays while they sort out who will govern. The Greens will surely be out of the picture. Even an SD/Left Party alliance would be an improvement wouldn't it? Anyone have any info on Left Party attitude to mining?
Swedish Television exit poll (2nd poll after TV4)
Left Party 9.0%
Social Democrats 26.2%
Greens 4.2%
Moderates 17.8%
Liberals 5.5%
Christian Democrats 7.4%
Sweden Democrats 19.2%
Left Bloc 39.4%
Right Bloc 39.6%
Knowing our luck they will now spend months forming a government.
Wow, can they tell me next week's lottery numbers too?
So many possible outcomes, but continuing the status quo is unlikely at least...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-31/a-guide-to-what-could-be-the-most-uncertain-swedish-election-yet
https://www.ft.com/content/322cf7d8-a44c-11e8-8ecf-a7ae1beff35b
"The current Social Democrat-led government is widely viewed as one of the weakest in decades, unable to push through its policies."
...and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the last 5 years in a nutshell. Let's hope for a stronger one, whatever the colour.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/22/sweden-reindeer-herders-risk-starvation-climate-change-arctic
According to the article there are just 4,600 Sami reindeer owners in the whole of Sweden...incredible!
The other thing is that the Sami are asking for more government aid...room for negotiation there perhaps?
Swedish MP for the Moderate Party, Hanif Bali said he would be open to forming a coalition with the Swedish Democrats if it means a majority in parliament and passing more party policy.
Mr Bali said: “The party is divided. The main party line is that we are not going to go into government with SD, but will stick with ‘The Alliance’.
“What I would like to see happen is a strong government that can build on conservative ideas.
“Personally I am not a big party strategist - I am a policymaker.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1006564/weden-election-polls-2018-swedish-election-democrats-social-democrat-party
That would be a game-changer as a Government such as that would not be held to ransom by the Sami. Not sure what it would mean for Sweden overall though!
Fox News and Nigel Farage, what a combination. This is the news channel that described London as a 'no go zone' and in this article compares the UK to Sweden in it's approach and challenges. Are we in denial too?
I don't dispute for a minute that what the Swedish Gcvernment have done in the last 5 years has been foolhardy but I fail to see what this has to do with a proposed mine in the North.